Martin Schindler

Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current International Darts Open and Swiss Darts Trophy champion.

Martin Schindler
Schindler at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
Nickname	"The Wall"
Born	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)[1] Strausberg, Germany
Home town	Rodgau, Germany
Darts information
Darts	23g Dpuls
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	J'Adore Hardcore by Scooter (Major televised events) "Ich Will" by Rammstein (European Tour and European Championship)
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2015
PDC	2015– (Tour Card: 2017–)
Current world ranking	22 1 (24 November 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 48: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2023, 2024
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Grand Prix	Quarter Final: 2023
UK Open	Quarter Final: 2023
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
PC Finals	Last 16: 2022, 2024
Masters	Last 24: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2017, 2018 (x2) PDC Europe Super League 2021 European Tour Events International Darts Open 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy 2024

Career

2017

Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany alongside Max Hopp at the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld. In the same year he debuted on a ranking major, playing 2017 European Championship, where he lost to Rob Cross 6–0.^[3]

2018

Schindler qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and faced Simon Whitlock in the first round, losing 3–1 in sets.^[3] After that he made his first appearance at the UK Open, making it to the 4th round at the 2018 edition.^[3] Along with Max Hopp he represented Germany at the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts and once again they made it to the quarter-finals.^[3] For the second year in a row he qualified for 2018 European Championship, where he lost to James Wade 6–3 in the first round. Later on in the year he was the runner-up at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship, losing to Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–3 in the final.^[3] Schindler qualified for the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts, and was drawn into Group D with Stephen Bunting, Mensur Suljović and Scott Mitchell. He lost the first two matches, to Bunting 5–3 and to Mitchell 5–1.^[3] In the last match he defeated Suljović 5–4 in the deciding leg. He finished bottom in the group in 4th and therefore was eliminated. He made his debut at the 2018 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 6–1 in the first round.^[3]

2019

As he was seventh on the Pro Tour Order of Merit list, Schindler qualified for the 2019 PDC World Championship and faced New Zealand qualifier Cody Harris in the first round, losing 3–2 in sets.^[3] At the 2019 UK Open he made it to the fifth round. During the year he struggled to qualify for European Tour events, making only two appearances that year and failed to qualify for the European Championship. Alongside Hopp he again represented Germany at the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, losing to Belgium in the second round.^[3] Schindler played at the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, making it to the quarter-finals of the event, losing to Ryan Meikle.^[3] As the runner-up at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship he qualified for the 2019 Grand Slam of Darts, being drawn in the Group H with Michael Smith, Glen Durrant and Nathan Aspinall. He was unable to win any of the three matches, and was eliminated in the round robin. He faced Michael Smith again at the 2019 Players Championship Finals and lost in the first round.^[3]

2020

Despite not qualifying for the 2020 PDC World Championship, Schindler was able to secure his Tour card and continued on the Pro Tour. The season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Schindler again reached the fifth round at the 2020 UK Open, but was unable to qualify for any other major event that season. He dropped down the rankings and his spot in Germany's World Cup team, his spot being taken by Gabriel Clemens. Schindler made his final appearance at the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship, again reaching the quarter-finals, where he lost to the eventual champion, Bradley Brooks.^[3]

2021

After four years on the tour, Schindler lost his Tour Card after the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, having not qualified. He won his Tour Card immediately back at the 2021 European Q-School via the Order of Merit.^[4] He made it to the third round of 2021 UK Open, and qualified for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, via the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifying Event in November. He was drawn into Group A with Gerwyn Price, Nathan Rafferty and Krzysztof Ratajski. He lost his first two matches against Ratajski, 5–1 and Rafferty 5–3. He defeated Price 5–4 in a last-leg decider, but finished bottom in the group in 4th and was eliminated. Schindler secured a first round win at the 2021 Players Championship Finals, defeating Ian White, but lost to Price in the second round.^[3]

Schindler then won the 2021 PDC Europe Super League to qualify for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.^[5]

2022

Schindler played at the 2022 PDC World Championship, but lost to Florian Hempel 3–0 in the first round.^[6] At the 2022 UK Open he made it to the fifth round, where he lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode. Later on, he made his debut in two other majors, qualifying for the 2022 World Matchplay and the 2022 World Grand Prix.^[3] Schindler returned to the Germany squad for the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts and partnered Clemens. They made it to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Wales. He qualified for the 2022 European Championship but lost to José de Sousa, who averaged 105.28 to Schindler's 101.15, 6–1 in the first round.^[3]

2024

On the European Tour he won the 2024 International Darts Open, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final.^[3] This was the first senior PDC title of his career. Schindler achieved victory over Joe Cullen 6–3, before defeating Richard Veenstra 6–1, Danny Noppert 6–5, in a deciding leg, and Chris Dobey 7–3 on his way to final.^[3] Schindler was only the third German to win a senior title.^[7]

Schindler became the first German to hit a nine-darter on stage during the 2024 Hungarian Darts Trophy.^[8]

A week later, Schindler won the 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy, defeating Ryan Searle 8–7 in the final.^[9] Schindler became the first German to win a second senior PDC title and only the ninth player to win two European Tour titles in one season.^[10]

World Championship results

^[3]

PDC

• 2018: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 1–3)
• 2019: First round (lost to Cody Harris 2–3)
• 2022: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 0–3)
• 2023: Third round (lost to Michael Smith 3–4)
• 2024: Third round (lost to Scott Williams 3–4)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Callan Rydz 0–3)

Performance timeline

^[3]

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	DNQ				1R	1R	DNQ		1R	3R	3R	2R
UK Open	DNQ				4R	5R	5R	3R	5R	QF	5R
World Matchplay	DNQ								1R	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ								1R	QF	2R
European Championship	DNQ			1R	1R	DNQ			1R	1R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ				RR	RR	DNQ	RR	RR	DNQ	RR
Players Championship Finals	DNQ				1R	1R	DNQ	2R	3R	1R	3R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Masters	DNQ										1R
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNQ			QF	QF	2R	DNQ		QF	SF	2R
World Series of Darts Finals	NH	DNQ								1R	DNQ
PDC World Youth Championship	2R	DNP	3R	QF	F	QF	QF	DNP
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP		DNQ	Not a BDO player				NH
Winmau World Masters	1R	4R	Not a BDO player				NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	181	170	-	65	47	51	67	67	27	23

PDC European Tour ^[3]

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2014	GDC DNP	DDM DNP	GDM DNQ	ADO DNP	GDT DNP	EDO 1R	EDG DNQ	EDT DNP
2015	GDC DNP	GDT DNP	GDM DNQ	DDM DNP	IDO DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDT 1R	EDM DNQ	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM 1R	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R	EDG 2R	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO 1R	EDG DNQ	GDT 2R	EDM 1R	ADO QF	EDO 1R	DDM 3R	GDG 1R	IDO 1R	EDT 2R
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG 1R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 2R	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO 1R	EDM 2R	GDC 3R	DDC DNQ	IDO 3R	EDT 3R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO 2R	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO 2R
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 1R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC 2R	GDG QF	ADO DNQ	EDO 3R	CDO 2R	EDG QF	DDC 2R	EDM 2R	HDT DNQ	GDO 3R	BDO QF	GDT 1R
2023	BSD QF	EDO 2R	IDO SF	GDG 2R	ADO 2R	DDC 3R	BDO 3R	CDO 2R	EDG QF	EDM 3R	GDO 3R	HDT 3R	GDC 2R
2024	BDO 1R	GDG SF	IDO W	EDG 2R	ADO QF	BSD 1R	DDC SF	EDO QF	GDC QF	FDT 2R	HDT 3R	SDT W	CDO 3R

PDC Players Championships ^[3]

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2017	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	BAR SF	BAR 2R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	DUB 3R	DUB 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 2R	NIE QF	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 4R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL QF	NIE 2R	NIE QF	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 4R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	NIE 1R	NIE F	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR SF	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR SF
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR SF	BAR 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	WIG QF	WIG QF	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL QF	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI SF	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

References

1. "Martin Schindler". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
3. "Martin Schindler Results". clickondarts.com. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
4. Allen, Dave. "Koltsov & Mitchell enjoy Day Four wins as 2021 Q Schools conclude". PDC. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
5. Phillips, Josh (22 April 2021). "Schindler crowned 2021 PDC Europe Super League champion". PDC. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
6. Gorton, Josh (20 December 2021). "World Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock suffers deciding-set defeat to record-breaking Steve Beaton". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
7. "International Darts Open: Martin Schindler denies Gerwyn Price fifth title, claiming his first senior PDC title". Sky Sports. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
8. Allen, Dave (22 September 2024). "Van Gerwen wins Hungarian Darts Trophy to end European Tour drought". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
9. "Swiss Darts Trophy: Luke Humphries gets the better of teenager Luke Littler in repeat of World Championship final". Sky Sports. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
10. Phillips, Josh (29 September 2024). "Schindler stuns Searle with epic comeback in Swiss Trophy final". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

External links

• Martin Schindler player profile at Darts Orakel